LANSING – More than 200 Michigan school districts are receiving a total of close to $10 million to support new teachers and school administrators.
The funding allows districts to develop and strengthen their own mentoring and induction programs or to partner with a provider of mentoring services to meet state requirements.
“If we want to put Students First, we need to keep outstanding new educators in the field,” said State Superintendent Dr. Glenn Maleyko. “Mentoring and induction programs help our schools retain teachers and administrators who are making the difference in the lives of children.”
Strong mentoring and induction practices increase teacher retention and support Goal 7 in Michigan’s Top 10 Strategic Education Plan, to increase the number of certified teachers in areas of shortage.
“Districts that are receiving these grants have demonstrated that they are committed to strengthening the skills of new teachers and administrators and retaining those educators by having them learn from more experienced educators,” said State Board of Education President Dr. Pamela Pugh. “The State Board of Education will continue to support efforts to address the teacher shortage.”
The funding includes nearly $8.5 million to 199 intermediate school districts and local education agencies, both traditional public school districts and public school academies, to use for stipends and training for mentors of teachers; books, materials, professional learning and other resources to support mentoring and induction of new teachers; and staffing costs to cover time spent dedicated to mentoring and onboarding of new teachers.
The remaining $1.5 million was awarded to 118 districts to contract with an approved provider of mentoring services for administrators.
The mentoring and induction grants are awarded through Section 27h of the fiscal year 2025 State School Aid Act. The 239 districts being awarded the funds are:
- Airport Community Schools.
- Alcona Community Schools.
- Allegan Area Educational Service Agency.
- Allen Park Public Schools.
- Alma Public Schools.
- Alpena Public Schools.
- American Montessori Academy.
- Arbor Academy, Battle Creek.
- Arts Academy in the Woods, Fraser.
- Au Gres-Sims School District.
- Avondale School District.
- Battle Creek Public Schools.
- Bay City Academy.
- Beecher Community School District.
- Benton Harbor Area Schools.
- Benzie Central Schools.
- Berrien Regional Educational Service Agency.
- Black River Public School, Holland.
- Blissfield Community Schools.
- Breckenridge Community Schools.
- Breitung Township School District.
- Bridge Academy.
- Brighton Area Schools.
- Brown City Community Schools.
- Buchanan Community Schools.
- Bullock Creek School District.
- Burt Township School District.
- Byron Area Schools.
- Byron Center Public Schools.
- Cadillac Area Public Schools.
- Caniff Liberty Academy, Hamtramck.
- Capac Community Schools.
- Carrollton Public Schools.
- Central Academy, Ann Arbor.
- Central Montcalm Public School.
- Charyl Stockwell Academy District, Howell.
- Chelsea School District.
- Clarenceville School District.
- Clawson Public Schools.
- Clinton Community Schools.
- Clio Area Schools.
- Colon Community Schools.
- Comstock Park Public Schools.
- Comstock Public Schools, Kalamazoo.
- Coopersville Area Public Schools.
- Copper Country Intermediate School District.
- Copper Island Academy.
- Corunna Public Schools.
- Countryside Academy, Benton Harbor.
- Covenant High School, Grand Rapids.
- Covert Public Schools.
- Crawford AuSable School District.
- Crescent Academy, Southfield.
- Crestwood School District, Dearborn Heights.
- Crossroads Charter Academy, Big Rapids.
- David Ellis Academy, Detroit.
- David Ellis Academy West, Redford.
- Davison Community Schools.
- Dearborn Heights School District.
- Decatur Public Schools.
- Delton Kellogg Schools.
- Detroit Community Schools (public school academy).
- Detroit Leadership Academy.
- Detroit Public Schools Community District.
- DeWitt Public Schools.
- Dickinson-Iron Intermediate School District.
- Discovery Creative Pathways, Wayne County.
- East China School District.
- East Jackson Community Schools.
- Eastpointe Community Schools.
- Ecorse Public Schools.
- Edwardsburg Public School District.
- Escuela Avancemos Academy, Detroit.
- Essexville-Hampton Public Schools.
- Farwell Area Schools.
- Fenton Area Public Schools.
- Ferndale Public Schools.
- Fitzgerald Public Schools.
- Flat River Academy, Greenville.
- FlexTech High School, Brighton.
- Forest Hills Public Schools, Grand Rapids.
- Forest Park Schools, Crystal Falls.
- Fostering Leadership Academy, Redford Township.
- Fowlerville Community Schools.
- Frankenmuth School District.
- Frontier International Academy, Detroit.
- Garden City Public Schools.
- Genesee Intermediate School District.
- George Washington Carver Academy, Highland Park.
- Gladwin Community Schools.
- Global Heights Academy, Dearborn Heights.
- Global Tech Academy, Ypsilanti.
- Gobles Public Schools.
- Godfrey-Lee Public Schools.
- Grand Blanc Academy.
- Grand Haven Area Public Schools.
- Grand Ledge Public Schools.
- Grand Rapids Public Schools.
- Grant Public Schools.
- Grass Lake Community Schools.
- Great Lakes Academy.
- Greenville Public Schools.
- Grosse Pointe Public Schools.
- Gull Lake Community Schools.
- Harrison Community Schools.
- Haslett Public Schools.
- Hastings Area School System.
- Hazel Park Schools.
- Hemlock Public Schools District.
- Hesperia Community Schools.
- Hillsdale Community Schools.
- Holland Public Schools.
- Holly Area Schools.
- Holt Public Schools.
- Hopkins Public Schools.
- Howell Public Schools.
- Hudsonville Public Schools.
- Huron Academy, Clinton Township.
- Huron Intermediate School District.
- Ida Public Schools.
- Ingham Intermediate School District.
- International Academy of Flint.
- Ionia Public Schools.
- Iosco Regional alal Service Agency.
- Jefferson Schools, Monroe County.
- Jenison Public Schools.
- Johannesburg-Lewiston Area Schools.
- Joseph K. Lumsden Bahweting Anishnabe Academy, Sault Ste. Marie.
- Kalamazoo Public Schools.
- Kelloggsville Public Schools.
- Lake Superior Academy, Sault Ste. Marie.
- Lakeview School District, Calhoun County.
- LakeVille Community School District.
- Lamphere Schools.
- L'Anse Creuse Public Schools.
- Lincoln Consolidated Schools, Ypsilanti.
- Linden Community Schools.
- Litchfield Community Schools.
- MacDowell Preparatory Academy, Detroit.
- Manchester Community School District.
- Manistee Area Public Schools.
- Marcellus Community Schools.
- Marquette-Alger Regional Education Service Agency.
- Marshall Academy.
- Marshall Public Schools.
- Martin Luther King Jr. Education Center Academy, Detroit.
- Marysville Public Schools.
- Mason County Eastern District.
- Mecosta-Osceola Intermediate School District.
- Melvindale-Northern Allen Park Public Schools.
- Michigan Educational Choice Center, Detroit.
- Midland County Educational Service.
- Milan Area Schools.
- Monroe Public Schools.
- Montague Area Public Schools.
- Montrose Community Schools.
- Morenci Area Schools.
- Morrice Area Schools.
- Clemens Montessori Academy.
- Morris Consolidated Schools.
- Multicultural Academy, Ann Arbor.
- Munising Public Schools.
- Muskegon Heights Public School Academy System.
- Muskegon Public Schools.
- New Dawn Academy of Warren.
- Newaygo County Regional Education Service Agency.
- NexTech High School, Grand Rapids.
- North Adams-Jerome Public Schools.
- North Branch Area Schools.
- North Huron School District, Kinde.
- North Star Montessori Academy, Marquette.
- Northview Public Schools, Grand Rapids.
- Northwest Community Schools, Jackson.
- Novi Community School District.
- Oakland FlexTech High School.
- Oakland International Academy, Detroit/Hamtramck.
- Okemos Public Schools.
- Olivet Community Schools.
- Onaway Area Schools.
- Onekama Consolidated Schools.
- Onsted Community Schools.
- Otsego Public Schools.
- Owosso Public Schools.
- Pansophia Academy, Coldwater.
- Pathways Academy, Detroit.
- Paw Paw Public School District.
- Pillars Academy, Southfield.
- Pinckney Community Schools.
- Pinconning Area Schools.
- Pine River Area Schools.
- Plymouth-Canton Community Schools.
- Portland Public Schools.
- Red Oak Academy.
- Riverside Academy, Melvindale.
- Rochester Community Schools.
- Rockford Public Schools.
- Romulus Community Schools.
- Roseville Community Schools.
- Rudyard Area Schools.
- Saginaw Public Schools.
- Saline Area Schools.
- Sandusky Community School District.
- Shelby Public Schools.
- South Haven Public Schools.
- Southfield Public Schools.
- Springport Public Schools.
- Charles Community Schools.
- Johns Public Schools.
- Joseph Public Schools.
- State Street Academy, Bay City.
- Stockbridge Community Schools.
- Tahquamenon Area Schools.
- Thornapple Kellogg Schools, Middleville.
- Troy School District.
- Tuscola Intermediate School District.
- Unity Academy, Warren.
- University Preparatory Academy, Detroit.
- University Preparatory Art & Design, Detroit.
- University Preparatory Science and Math, Detroit.
- Utica Community Schools.
- Van Buren Intermediate School District.
- Van Buren Public Schools.
- Vanderbilt Area Schools.
- Vandercook Lake Public Schools.
- Vista Meadows Academy, Dearborn Heights.
- Warren Consolidated Schools.
- Waterford School District.
- Waverly Community Schools.
- Wayland Union Schools.
- Wayne-Westland Community School District.
- West Bloomfield School District.
- West Village Academy, Dearborn.
- Western School District, Parma.
- Weston Preparatory Academy, Detroit.
- William C. Abney Academy, Grand Rapids.
- Woodland Park Academy, Grand Blanc.
- Wyandotte Public Schools.
- Yale Public Schools.
- Ypsilanti Community Schools.
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